After our week-long trip around the Gippsland lakes we came back with the hull stained browny-yellow especially at the water surface levelIt's quite resistant to simple soap and pressure washing, but comes off with a hard scrub with kitchen creme cleaner, which is mildly abrasiveShould I be fussed about it and put in the elbow grease every year, or will it likely come off with a few vigorous sails in the salt water of PPB?

_________________Hours spent sailing are not counted in man's allotted time on earth.The gods understand that time on the water is time spent in heaven.AnonHartley TS16 #828 GrimalkinHartley TS16 #291 YOTRL24 Mark I #41 ArielMelbourne, Victoria

Interesting that both solutions convert iron stainsIs that what the brown stain is? I thought it might have been tannin from all the tea-treesI note that Kleen-a-hull has phosphoric acid, which is also in Coca-Cola (which we used to convert the surface rust on girders when we built our house) and is much cheaper

_________________Hours spent sailing are not counted in man's allotted time on earth.The gods understand that time on the water is time spent in heaven.AnonHartley TS16 #828 GrimalkinHartley TS16 #291 YOTRL24 Mark I #41 ArielMelbourne, Victoria

We wash the hull after pulling the boat out with hull wash stuff (soapy) then wipe the stained area with lemon juice... wait until just about ready to put the covers on and wash again with fresh water....seems to keep much of the staining at bay during the season then of course we use the heavy duty acid type hull cleaner during the maintainence week before giving the hull a polish... The lemon juice (acidic) seems to get rid of the light staining on the week to week basis of use..and we just purchase the bottle of lemon juice from the supermarked and apply with a chux/kitchen wipe . Cheers,Sue

Interesting that both solutions convert iron stainsIs that what the brown stain is? I thought it might have been tannin from all the tea-treesI note that Kleen-a-hull has phosphoric acid, which is also in Coca-Cola (which we used to convert the surface rust on girders when we built our house) and is much cheaper

_________________Hours spent sailing are not counted in man's allotted time on earth.The gods understand that time on the water is time spent in heaven.AnonHartley TS16 #828 GrimalkinHartley TS16 #291 YOTRL24 Mark I #41 ArielMelbourne, Victoria

After up to 2 weeks in the Lakes water I've found that one of those cheap green scratchy things does the job very quickly with the aid of a hose. I generally use an old worn out one as I suspect a new sharp one might damage the paint. I was wary at first but now 3 years later I'm happy it's not doing any harm to the 2 pack hull or the antifoul bottom. I wish I knew what antifoul was used - it does a great job and I'd use it again in a flash.

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